Alyssa - The dress was poly satin. I was actually a bridesmaids dress that cam in white. It was only $150! And, since it was a BM dress, it wasn't as heavy and didn't have a double lining. I just hung it up on the shower head to wash wash it then took it out to the patio and hung it up to dry. I only took a few hours. I'll probably try to sell it once I get all of my other wedding left-overs together and get the AHR out of the way.

THe sand in the hair was kind of an accident. All of the other waves were tiny, so I really wasn't getting very wet and just the bottom of my hair had sand. Well, the photographer was kneeling down to get a different angle and this tidal wave comes and completely covers me! A few people came running down to the beach to ask if I was ok! I'm just glad we didn't lose the camera, since I did the shoot before the wedding!

The sand pretty much came right out of my hair, it however took about 2 days to come completely out of my ears! LOL

Erin, I love these pictures!! I love the one of you looking to the side in the hammock, and the one where you can see the sand in your hair, and especially the one of you and your guests in the background sitting at the pool bar fully clothed! that is sooo awesome!!!